I need to preserve some files, generated by my site.
Is it possible to make MSDeploy not delete any files, and overwrite existing files only when the package contains a newer version of a file?
-enableRule:SkipNewerFilesRule will skip updates to files that have a more recent write time. -enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule will block deletion of files on the destination computer, but this rule only works with the contentPath, dirPath, and filePath providers. I have used the skipRule -skip:skipAction=Delete,objectName=dirPath,absolutePath=.* to simulate the DoNotDeleteRule. It has worked well for me so far.
The solution was to add this code into my csproj file, it prevents any deletions and updates in App_Data folder on deploy:
<PropertyGroup>
<OnBeforePackageUsingManifest>AddSkipRules</OnBeforePackageUsingManifest>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="AddSkipRules">
<ItemGroup>
<MsDeploySkipRules Include="SkipDeleteAppData">
<SkipAction>Delete</SkipAction>
<ObjectName>filePath</ObjectName>
<AbsolutePath>$(_Escaped_PackageTempDir)\\App_Data\\.*</AbsolutePath>
<XPath>
</XPath>
</MsDeploySkipRules>
<MsDeploySkipRules Include="SkipDeleteAppData">
<SkipAction>Delete</SkipAction>
<ObjectName>dirPath</ObjectName>
<AbsolutePath>$(_Escaped_PackageTempDir)\\App_Data\\.*</AbsolutePath>
<XPath>
</XPath>
</MsDeploySkipRules>
<MsDeploySkipRules Include="SkipUpdateAppData">
<SkipAction>Update</SkipAction>
<ObjectName>filePath</ObjectName>
<AbsolutePath>$(_Escaped_PackageTempDir)\\App_Data\\.*</AbsolutePath>
<XPath>
</XPath>
</MsDeploySkipRules>
<MsDeploySkipRules Include="SkipUpdateAppData">
<SkipAction>Update</SkipAction>
<ObjectName>dirPath</ObjectName>
<AbsolutePath>$(_Escaped_PackageTempDir)\\App_Data\\.*</AbsolutePath>
<XPath>
</XPath>
</MsDeploySkipRules>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
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Current client we are setting up CI/CD using VSO => Azure devops and I need some help with the configuration of the releases in the environments. Here's the situation and issue.
I've got the builds all set up and working properly.
I've got 2 Environments set up in the release configuration. Artifact is set up for the drops. Dev environment is set up as well as QA.
In VS2015 I've got the web.config transforms and configurations set up for Debug, Dev, QA, and Release. Dev/QA/Release each have a transformation that is to be applied for their respective enviornment.
Build triggers upon checkin and the release deployment triggers correctly upon successful build.
Dev environment and QA environment both trigger correctly in the release and are released accordingly.
In the task configuration for each I've got the XML Transformation selected as well as the correct deployment slot. The issue is that the only web.config transformation that is being applied is the release transformation not the correct transformation for the respective environment.
I have 4 transformation configs in the environment set up.
web.config
web.Debug.config
web.Dev.config
web.QA.config
web.Release.config
in VSO I have 2 environments set up in the Release Package
Dev & QA
In each of the environment I have the XML Transformation check which the tooltip states that it will apply the web.Release.config and each respective environment config.
The later is not happening.
logs:
the logs state:
Unable to apply transformation for the given package. Verify the following.
1. Whether the Transformation is already applied for the MSBuild generated package during build. If yes, remove the tag for each config in the csproj file and rebuild.
2. Ensure that the config file and transformation files are present in the same folder inside the package.
Both of those states have been confirmed. I've got the transform configs set to copy if newer.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.8\build\net45\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.8\build\net45\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props')" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props')" />
<Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.4.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.4.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProductVersion>
</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{88941EE6-99FC-4DE5-8FE3-9F532FD855F2}</ProjectGuid>
<ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>TripManager</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>TripManager</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<MvcBuildViews>false</MvcBuildViews>
<UseIISExpress>true</UseIISExpress>
<IISExpressSSLPort>44385</IISExpressSSLPort>
<IISExpressAnonymousAuthentication>disabled</IISExpressAnonymousAuthentication>
<IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>enabled</IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>
<IISExpressUseClassicPipelineMode />
<UseGlobalApplicationHostFile />
<NuGetPackageImportStamp>
</NuGetPackageImportStamp>
<SccProjectName>SAK</SccProjectName>
<SccLocalPath>SAK</SccLocalPath>
<SccAuxPath>SAK</SccAuxPath>
<SccProvider>SAK</SccProvider>
<TargetFrameworkProfile />
<Use64BitIISExpress />
<TypeScriptToolsVersion>1.8</TypeScriptToolsVersion>
<ApplicationInsightsResourceId>/subscriptions/ee4492d7-5913-4e7b-85c0-3915e8c6c5c2/resourcegroups/rg-TripTracker-dev-SC/providers/microsoft.insights/components/TripManager</ApplicationInsightsResourceId>
<WebProject_DirectoryAccessLevelKey>1</WebProject_DirectoryAccessLevelKey>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Dev|AnyCPU'">
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'QA|AnyCPU'">
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
<VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>
The problem is that config transform files are not included in the build result.
Ensure that the config file and transformation files are present in
the same folder inside the package.
Marina Liu's answer could work, but there is a much simpler way to achieve this:
The transform file should not be Dependent upon web.config. Just create a new file in the same directory as the web.config file.
Set the Build Action of the transform file to Content.
Or just change the entry in the .csproj file from this:
<None Include="Web.QA.config">
<DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
</None>
To this:
<Content Include="Web.QA.config" />
This makes sure the files are included in the package after build.
No matter whether the transformation is applied for the MSBuild generated package or not, add the config files to the zipped package (as option 2 in release log suggests: Ensure that the config file and transformation files are present in the same folder inside the package) should work.
So you can add the config files in your build definition before the artifacts published. Detail steps as below:
After Visual Studio Build task (and before Publish Build Artifacts) and the following tasks to extract the zip file and add config files in the extract folder, then zip the files again:
1. Extract files task
Archive file patterns: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\*.zip
Destination folder: specify the folder for the extract files, such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\test
2. Copy Files task
Source Folder: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
Contents: **\*.config
Target Folder: Folder for the extract files, such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\test
3. Delete Files task
Source Folder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
Contents: *.zip (delete the zip file which generated by Visual Studio Build task)
4. Archive Files task
Root folder (or file) to archive: Folder for the extract files, such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\test
Archive type: zip
Archive file to create: such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\package.zip
5. Delete Files task
Source Folder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
Contents: delete the extract folder,such as test
Then the package will be deployed to Azure App Service successful in release.
Is it possible to specify in a WebJob's webjob-publish-settings.json file that a folder of static/flat files should be included?
Update:
As per #davidebbo's suggestion, I've tried modifying the .csproj file, but without success.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="$(ProjectDir)\Templates\*.xslt" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
I've tried both BeforeBuild and AfterBuild, and with/without the $(ProjectDir) variable, but the folder never appears in the bin directory.
It is not something you can do using webjob-publish-settings.json. Instead, you can do this by setting the 'Copy to Output Directory' property of the relevant files to Copy always or Copy if newer.
I have a site that works and publishes fine.
The site has a "blog" folder that contains my wordpress blog.
I want to be able to check off the "Remove additional files at destination" checkbox during publish so my servers stays clean and doesn't get bloated with old DLL files/images/old pages....
I have the following in my .pubxml file:
<AfterAddIisSettingAndFileContentsToSourceManifes>AddCustomSkipRules</AfterAddIisSettingAndFileContentsToSourceManifes>
and then after the '< /PropertyGroup> tag I have:
<Target Name="AddCustomSkipRules">
<ItemGroup>
<MsDeploySkipRules Include="SkipDeleteAppData">
<SkipAction>Delete</SkipAction>
<ObjectName>filePath</ObjectName>
<AbsolutePath>$(_Escaped_PackageTempDir)\\blog\\.*</AbsolutePath>
<XPath>
</XPath>
</MsDeploySkipRules>
<MsDeploySkipRules Include="SkipDeleteAppData">
<SkipAction>Delete</SkipAction>
<ObjectName>dirPath</ObjectName>
<AbsolutePath>$(_Escaped_PackageTempDir)\\blog\\.*</AbsolutePath>
<XPath>
</XPath>
</MsDeploySkipRules>
</ItemGroup>
It still deletes the blog folder.
What am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to create an automated build for my web application project.
We use a standard CMS project and have tweaked some parts of it. Only the tweaked files are part of our project, but I want to include the full CMS in the deployment package.
So I've created a custom .targets file to define a task to include the CMS files during the build:
<Target Name="GetCMSFiles">
<ItemGroup>
<!-- Include the CMS files into the package -->
<_CMSFiles Include="..\packages\CMSFiles\**\*" />
<FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CMSFiles.Identity)">
<DestinationRelativePath>
%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)
</DestinationRelativePath>
</FilesForPackagingFromProject>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU'">
<!-- VS2010 -->
<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
GetCMSFiles;
$(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
<!-- VS2012 -->
<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn>
GetCMSFiles;
$(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn);
</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
This works fine, but the problem is that the files from our project do not get copied to the deployment folder. So in other words, it does not overwrite the files that already exist after I copied them with the GetCMSFiles task.
The way I see it there are two options:
Force the CopyAllFilesToSingleFolder to overwrite any existing files in the deployment folder.
Have a condition in the GetCMSFiles task to only include files that don't already exist in the project.
But I'm not sure whether this is possible and how to achieve this. Any ideas?
I m using ajaxmin to minify all my JS files. Everything works perfectly but i have little problem with the way the output files are generated.
Currently what happenes is the JS files are minified next to its path. e.g If the original path is includes/js/test.js then it is minified at includes/js/test.min.js.
I want my all js files to minify at different location then the original location. e.g. My all js files are under includes/js/JSFILESHERE and i wanted these js files to be minified at includes/minifiedjs/MINIFIEDJSFILESHERE.
i m using the below code.
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\MicrosoftAjax\AjaxMin.tasks" />
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<ItemGroup>
<JS Include="\js\*.js" Exclude="**\*.min.js;" />
</ItemGroup>
<AjaxMin JsSourceFiles="#(JS)" JsSourceExtensionPattern="\js\.js$" JsTargetExtension=".min.js"/>
</Target>
Please help.
Apologies for replying bit late to this question.
Here is the solution I used for my project -
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<PropertyGroup>
<DestinationPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\build-publish</DestinationPath>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<JS Include="Scripts\app\**\*.js" Exclude="**\*.min.js;Scripts\*.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(JS)" DestinationFiles="#(JS -> '$(DestinationPath)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename).src%(Extension)')" Condition="'%(Extension)'=='.js'">
<Output ItemName="JavaScriptFiles" TaskParameter="DestinationFiles" />
</Copy>
<AjaxMin JsSourceFiles="#(JavaScriptFiles)" JsSourceExtensionPattern="\.src.js$" JsTargetExtension="min.js" SourceMapType="V3">
</AjaxMin>
Here am first copying the files to a destination folder(recursively) and then applying the Minification on them. I needed source map files so thats why I kept my original files but if you dont need source maps then you could delete source files after minification is complete.